DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH- GRADE 8

Teacher: Katherine C. Alvareco Teaching Date: October 15, 2022

School : Locus Integrated School Quarter: 1st Quarter

I: OBJECTIVES

Grade Level Standard: The learner demonstrates communicative competence through

his/her understanding of Afro-Asian Literature and other texts
types for deeper appreciation of Philippine Culture and those
of other countries.

Learning Competency: Use parallel structures (EN8G-la-7)

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, students are able to:

 Identify sentences with words that end in -ing and with infinitives that are
parallel.
 Give importance of the use of parallel structure to one’s writing.
 Re-write sentences with words that end in -ing and with infinitives to have
parallel structure.

II: CONTENT LEARNING RESOURCES

Topic: Using Parallel Structures with Words that End in -ing and with Infinitives
Reference: Modules/SIM, Internet, MELCs
Materials: Laptop, Projector, Worksheets, Cut-outs
Integration: Science, Physical Education, and English

III: PROCEDURES

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preparatory Activities
Greetings

Good morning, class! Good morning, Ms. Katherine Alvareco!

It is important to listen carefully, watch

attentively and cooperate voluntarily as we
are going to discover about parallel
structure because later on, I will be asking (The students will listen attentively.)
to each one of you some questions, so
fasten your sit belt, relax and feel
comfortable with our lesson for today.
Am I clear?
Yes, ma’am.
B. Review previous lesson

Before we proceed to the lesson, let us

review first about verbs.

What is a verb?
Verb is an action word.
Who can give me an example of a verb?

C. Motivation (Interactive Activity) (Answers may vary)

To get started, please look at the board.

Read the sentence in unison.

“Some of my favorite activities are

playing board games, dancing, and
swimming.”

This sentence contains a list of three words (Do as told)

which are the action words. What are
those words?
Write the three action words on the board.
Who wants to answer?

Very good! The three action words are playing

playing board games, dancing and dancing
swimming. swimming

D. Presentation
Now, take a look at the three words you
write on the board. How are all of these
words similar?

Exactly! All the words in the sentence are

all action words that end in -ing. They are They are all action words that end in -ing.
all in the same form, which makes them
parallel. Today, you’re going to learn
about the use of parallel structures with
words that end in -ing and with infinitives.

Please read today’s objective.

By the end of class today, you’ll be able to (Do as told)

identify sentences with words that end in -
ing and with infinitives that are parallel,
give importance of the parallel structure to
one’s writing and re-write sentences with
words that end in -ing and with infinitives
to have parallel structure.

E. Modelling

To start, let’s take a look at another

sentence and talk about what makes it
parallel.

“The mad scientist likes mixing

chemicals and studying reactions.”

Please read all altogether.

In your warm-up sentence, there were three

words in the sentence that were parallel
because they are all ended with -ing. In
this case, there are only two words in the (Do as told)
sentence. What are the two words?

Yes. What makes this sentence parallel?

Yes. Both words in the sentence are in the

same form, -ing, so the sentence is parallel.

The action words in the sentence don’t mixing and studying

have to end in -ing to be parallel. Take a
look at this sentence. Both words in the sentence end in
-ing.
“The mad scientist likes to mix chemicals
and to study reactions.”

Please read all altogether.

What makes this sentence parallel?

Yes, good job!

Our sentence makes sense whether you use

the -ing form or the infinitive form (to).
The important thing is that you don’t mix
the two different forms in the sentence.

It’s also important to note that when you (Do as told)

use the infinitive form (to), you can drop
To mix and to study are in the same form.
the second (to), like in our second sentence
here.

“The mad scientist likes to mix chemicals

and study reactions.”

Please read altogether.

This is still parallel even though we

dropped the second (to) because study
didn’t change. It’s still in the infinitive
form, just to avoid repetition.

Do you have any questions?

Watch as I correct this sentence to be

parallel. (Do as told)

“The mad scientist was pacing the floor,

watched the clock, and mumbling to
himself.”

This sentence has three action words.

Pacing, watched, and mumbling. None, ma’am.

Pacing and mumbling are both words that

end in -ing, so they match. That’s good.
Watched doesn’t match the other two
though, so that’s the one I need to change.
To make it parallel with the others, I’m
going to change it to watching.

“The mad scientist was pacing the floor,

watching the clock, and mumbling to
himself.”

Now all three action words in the sentence

match.
Remember, for a sentence to be parallel,
the items can be in any form either -ing or
infinitive form (to) as long as they all
match.

How to make the sentence parallel?

Values Integration:
Why do we need to use parallel structure
when writing?

This means that we should make an equal

1. Identify the verbs in the sentence.
treatment to anyone whatever their status
2. Look for its form either -ing form or
in life for us to better understand them. infinitive form (to).
3. Decide which form to make then
F. Guided Practice
parallel.
1. Paired Practice
Now practice with your partner. Rewrite
the sentence using the -ing or the infinitive
form (to) of the verb to a parallel structure.
I will give you two minutes to do it.
Using parallel structure means using the same
“Joe likes to run, walking, and
pattern of words to show that two or more
swimming.”
words or ideas are of equal importance.
Without it, the compositions or writings
cannot be easily understood and it will make
2. Group Activity
the writing grammatically incorrect.
Let’s have a group activity. I will divide
the class into four groups. Each group has
to rewrite the sentence using the -ing or the
infinitive form (to) of the verb to a parallel
structure and mimic the given sentence in
front. I will give you 5 minutes to practice.

Group 1: “I like to clean my bed, eat

breakfast, and taking a bath.

Group 2: “Alex likes to play basketball,

swimming, and to jump ropes.”
“Joe likes running, walking, and swimming.”
Or “Joe likes running, walking, and
Group 3: “My mother loves cleaning the
swimming.”
house, washing the clothes, and to cook
food.”
Group 4: “The students like to eat snack,
studying, and playing volleyball.”

Since you are all done, you can report

your answer in the front.
(The teacher will call the groups one by
one.)
Alright! A job well-done class.
Let’s clap our hands together.
Since we are done with our group
activity. Let’s answer this one. Follow the
instructions carefully.
Group 1: “I like to clean my bed, eat
breakfast, and take a bath.” or “I like
cleaning my bed, eating breakfast and taking
a bath.”
Group 2: “Alex likes to play basketball, swim,
and jump ropes.” or “Alex likes playing
basketball, swimming, and jumping ropes.”

G. Independent Practice Group 3: “My mother loves cleaning the

Directions: Read carefully the sentences. house, washing the clothes, and cooking
Write (P) for parallel and (NP) for not food.” or “My mother loves to clean the
parallel on the space provided. house, wash the clothes, and cook food.”
_________1. They want to ride a bike,
play on the park, and eating ice cream. Group 4: “The students like eating snack,
_________2. I am writing a thesis, do a studying, and playing volleyball.” or “The
book report, and making a poem. students like to eat snack, study, and play
_________3. We enjoy relaxing and sitting volleyball.”
out in the sun.
_________4. She likes dancing and to sing
songs.
_________5. I think multiplying is easier
than dividing numbers.
_________6. Joes likes to eat, run, and hop
in the park.
_________7. I love watching TV, playing
games, and reading books.
_________8. They need to buy apples,
potatoes, and cherries from the market.
_________9. Students like to sleep, relax,
and eat ice cream during the summer.
_________10. Gerald likes to ski, to swim,
and jumping ropes.

1. P

2. NP

3. P

4. NP

5. P
 6. P

7. P

8. P

9. P

10. NP

IV: EVALUATION

Directions: Underline the words that makes the sentence unparallel and rewrite the unparallel
sentences to make it parallel.
Example: I like to hop, jump, and running.
I like to hop, jump, and run.

1. I think multiplying numbers is easier than to divide numbers.

2. She likes dancing and to sing songs.
3. I am taking a bath, brushing my teeth, and eat breakfast.
4. Aiza loves eating ice cream, playing games, and to cook food.
5. The girl wants to bake cookies, make a lemonade, and eating jam.

V: ASSIGNMENT

Directions: Make at least 5 sentences with parallel structures using the -ing form or the
infinitive form of the verb. Write it in your assignment notebook.

Prepared by:

KATHERINE C. ALVARECO, T-I

Subject Teacher
 Checked by:

RENIE BOY D. BATION, ESHT-III

School Head